David Thomas (MEP)

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David Thomas

MEP
Member of the European Parliament
for Suffolk and South West Norfolk
In office
1994–1999
Personal details
Born (1955-01-12) 12 January 1955 (age 66)
Nationality British
Political party Labour
Alma mater University of East Anglia (BA)

David Edward Thomas (born 12 January 1955) is a British Labour Party politician and former Member of the European Parliament (MEP).

He was educated at Cefn Hengoed Comprehensive School, Swansea, and at the University of East Anglia where he took a BA in English. [1] In 2010 he went back to the University of East Anglia to take a Graduate Diploma in Law. He served as the MEP for Suffolk and South West Norfolk from 1994 to 1999. [2]

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References

  1. Dod's Parliamentary Companion. International Publications Service. 1999.
  2. ‘THOMAS, David (Edward)’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2013